Research Catalog

Title

White identities : a critical sociological approach / Simon Clarke and Steve Garner.

Author

Clarke, Simon, 1962-

Publication

• London ; New York : Pluto Press, [2010]
• ©2010

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Additional Authors

Garner, Steve, 1963-

Description

vii, 242 pages; 22 cm

Summary

"The study of white ethnicities is becoming increasingly important in the social sciences. This book provides a critical introduction to the topic. Whiteness has traditionally been seen as "ethnically transparent"--The marker against which other ethnicities are measured. This analysis is clearly incorrect, but only recently have many race and ethnicity scholars moved away from focusing on ethnic minorities and instead oriented their studies around the construction of white identities. Simon Clarke and Steve Garner's book is designed to guide students as they explore how white identities are forged using both sociological and psycho-social ideas. Including an excellent survey of the existing literature and original research from the UK, this book will be an invaluable guide for sociology students taking modules in race and ethnicity."--pub. desc

Subject

• White people > Race identity
• White people > Race identity
• Weiße
• Identität
• Soziologie

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (pages 218-236) and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Researching 'whiteness' : an introduction -- Whiteness studies in the context of the USA -- Empirical research into white racialised identities in Britain -- Britishness -- Whiteness and post-imperial Britain -- Psycho-social interpretations of cultural identity : constructing the white 'we' -- Media representations : constructing the 'not white' other -- Whiteness, home and community -- Researching whiteness : psycho-social methodologies -- Conclusion.

ISBN

• 9780745327488
• 0745327486
• 0745327494
• 9780745327495

LCCN

2010280886

OCLC

• 430839570
• SCSB-11420160

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library